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06-24-2005, 01:38 AM #1
Ebay question
How can you search for completed listings on ebay? Basically listings that were completed several months in the past (or 90s days if thats the cut off). Just need to find the ebay value on some cards. Thanks.
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06-24-2005, 01:41 AM #2
what i do is put in my search and do a regular search, after the results come up on the left side of the page there is a box you can put a check in that says completed listings. check that and click search again and it'll bring up the completed listings
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06-24-2005, 01:46 AM #3
Wow can't believe I never noticed that. Thanks for the info.
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06-24-2005, 01:52 AM #4
anytime, glad i could help.
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06-24-2005, 09:10 AM #5
Just so you know I think the oldest completed listings they'll show you are 2 weeks old.
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06-24-2005, 12:46 PM #6
Originally Posted by S.A.M.
Hey, I just noticed this myself. They used to show you completed listings for like 3 months or so. When did they start this & why? 2 weeks doesn't give me a lot of hits.
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06-24-2005, 02:44 PM #7
That is so changes in the market don't set prices in the future. It helps keep eBay be closer to a pure spot market for items.
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06-24-2005, 11:58 PM #8
Isn't that always the case though? You can't buy in the past market on eBay, only in the spot market, so whatever it goes for today is all it was ever going to sell for regardless of past prices. Just because IBM's stock was cheaper at some point in the past doesn't make me think it's overpriced today.
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06-25-2005, 12:01 AM #9
I think the two week limit results more from the fact that they sell a "Market Data" product that allows subscribers to download historical auction information. By not showing 90 days of data for free, they are more likely to get paying customers for their data service (it's real expensive too, $4k a year for data from a sinlge eBay sub-category).
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06-25-2005, 02:39 AM #10
Actually the limit on historical data could benefit sellers to a point, if a card you are selling is getting hot but a month ago is a couple of copies sold for real cheap, that info isn't available to a buyer so they would be more willing to spend what it is worth to them and not what it sold for last month.
That is why buyers use the historical data, to find out what they are going for...So they don't feel the spent too much.
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